Deal could lead to job cuts

12:02 AM,
May 7, 2013

Camden County Helth Services building on Woodbury-Turnersville Road in Blackwood.

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Camden County plans to sell its Health Services Center in Gloucester Township on Wednesday, after delaying a planned sale in order to seek contract concessions from the facility's workers.

The sale, if completed, would privatize a complex that holds a 300-bed nursing home and a 150-bed psychiatric unit for mostly low-income patients. It also could bring unwanted cuts for more than 400 workers.

County officials postponed a planned auction in mid-March after union representatives signaled a willingness to make contract givebacks. ...